Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Bettie

#708 most common girls' name of all time · #1,292 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#708
Rank overall
#1,292 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
143 of 146
All-time
38,478
Since 2016
89
Peak year
1924 #183
Best rank
#131 1882
Girls Boys peak 1,233/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Bettie is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 10 — 10 #9,457
2024 12 — 12 #8,443
2023 12 — 12 #8,486
2022 10 — 10 #9,681
2021 11 — 11 #8,978
2020 10 — 10 #9,546
2019 10 — 10 #9,736
2018 7 — 7 #12,464
2016 7 — 7 #12,876
2015 9 — 9 #10,867
2014 17 — 17 #6,987
2013 13 — 13 #8,580
2012 14 — 14 #8,208
2011 17 — 17 #7,120
2010 13 — 13 #8,701
2009 13 — 13 #8,889
2008 14 — 14 #8,529
2007 12 — 12 #9,539
2006 10 — 10 #10,611
2005 8 — 8 #11,837
2004 6 — 6 #14,179
2002 8 — 8 #11,110
2001 9 — 9 #10,104
2000 8 — 8 #10,745
1999 9 — 9 #9,480
1998 9 — 9 #9,260
1997 8 — 8 #9,804
1996 10 — 10 #8,132
1995 6 — 6 #11,783
1994 7 — 7 #10,571
1993 11 — 11 #7,498
1991 11 — 11 #7,431
1990 11 — 11 #7,304
1989 20 — 20 #4,523
1988 11 — 11 #6,668
1987 19 — 19 #4,285
1986 14 — 14 #5,188
1985 16 — 16 #4,635
1984 14 — 14 #4,966
1983 24 — 24 #3,340
1982 17 — 17 #4,347
1981 17 — 17 #4,344
1980 23 — 23 #3,507
1979 26 — 26 #3,147
1978 18 — 18 #3,924
1977 27 — 27 #2,909
1976 20 — 20 #3,407
1975 28 — 28 #2,680
1974 29 — 29 #2,556
1973 36 — 36 #2,172
1972 32 — 32 #2,311
1971 53 — 53 #1,709
1970 53 — 53 #1,719
1969 66 — 66 #1,440
1968 63 — 63 #1,418
1967 62 — 62 #1,399
1966 68 — 68 #1,312
1965 75 — 75 #1,241
1964 98 — 98 #1,103
1963 100 — 100 #1,082
1962 118 — 118 #986
1961 145 — 145 #895
1960 174 — 174 #775
1959 229 5 234 #663
1958 205 — 205 #690
1957 272 — 272 #586
1956 246 — 246 #611
1955 279 — 279 #548
1954 321 — 321 #495
1953 326 — 326 #476
1952 371 — 371 #445
1951 490 — 490 #363
1950 437 — 437 #387
1949 538 — 538 #335
1948 616 — 616 #308
1947 649 — 649 #307
1946 679 — 679 #282
1945 691 5 696 #255
1944 719 — 719 #252
1943 782 — 782 #246
1942 724 — 724 #256
1941 732 5 737 #234
1940 747 — 747 #225
1939 776 5 781 #214
1938 869 9 878 #201
1937 762 — 762 #218
1936 825 6 831 #203
1935 831 — 831 #205
1934 916 — 916 #196
1933 921 11 932 #185
1932 999 5 1,004 #184
1931 1,032 — 1,032 #177
1930 1,005 5 1,010 #191
1929 1,029 6 1,035 #190
1928 1,098 — 1,098 #186
1927 1,072 5 1,077 #190
1926 1,183 6 1,189 #178
1925 1,204 — 1,204 #181
1924 1,228 5 1,233 #183
1923 1,058 5 1,063 #197
1922 868 — 868 #219
1921 818 — 818 #228
1920 777 — 777 #232
1919 608 — 608 #259
1918 522 — 522 #273
1917 447 — 447 #291
1916 339 — 339 #332
1915 347 — 347 #317
1914 256 — 256 #328
1913 216 — 216 #325
1912 191 — 191 #327
1911 153 — 153 #317
1910 166 — 166 #300
1909 137 — 137 #312
1908 130 — 130 #311
1907 157 — 157 #278
1906 110 — 110 #317
1905 128 — 128 #294
1904 155 — 155 #252
1903 123 — 123 #282
1902 145 — 145 #259
1901 111 — 111 #281
1900 167 — 167 #250
1899 135 — 135 #239
1898 150 — 150 #240
1897 138 — 138 #239
1896 125 — 125 #255
1895 133 — 133 #239
1894 118 — 118 #250
1893 129 — 129 #231
1892 155 — 155 #202
1891 138 — 138 #194
1890 136 — 136 #204
1889 144 — 144 #188
1888 169 — 169 #173
1887 117 — 117 #183
1886 141 — 141 #164
1885 127 — 127 #162
1884 118 — 118 #164
1883 130 — 130 #145
1882 136 — 136 #131
1881 103 — 103 #148
1880 113 — 113 #138